tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:07:44 +0000Cohocton Wind WatchCitizens, Residents and Neighbors concerned about ill-conceived wind turbine projects in the Town of Cohocton and adjacent townships in Western New York.http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)Blogger3896125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-150002511682318894Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:07:00 +00002015-03-03T20:07:44.864-05:00Former Cohocton clerk repays $36K, gets sent to jail
A former Cohocton Town Clerk will serve four months in jail for stealing $36,000 from town coffers.
Sandra L. Riley, 50, of Cohocton, was also sentenced Monday by Steuben County Judge Peter Bradstreet to five years probation. She has repaid the town its $36,000.
She resigned the clerk position in October 2014 and pleaded guilty to grand larceny in December.
District Attorney Brooks Baker http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/03/former-cohocton-clerk-repays-36k-gets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-8405424890024752778Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:52:00 +00002015-03-02T12:52:09.484-05:00Former Cohocton Town Clerk Given Prison Time
March 2, 2015
BATH, NY – Former Cohocton Town Clerk Sandra Riley was sentenced this morning in Steuben County Court.
Riley was given 4 months in Steuben County Jail, 5 years probation, and must pay restitution.
The former town clerk was arrested in September 2014, and pleaded guilty on December 22, 2014.
Riley was accused of stealing over $36,000, while working at Cohocton Town Hall.
http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/03/former-cohocton-town-clerk-given-prison.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-1626258646092984944Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:38:00 +00002015-02-25T05:41:11.851-05:00SunEdison’s Brave New World: YieldCos, First WindSunEdison has gone through a lot of changes in the past year, diversifying beyond solar power and into wind power through its $2.4 billion acquisition of First Wind, and beyond being solely a developer of projects for others into owning its own projects through its YieldCo, TerraForm Power.
On Wednesday, SunEdison reported
fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2014 results that helped illustrate how
http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/sunedisons-brave-new-world-yieldcos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-916993685633945873Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:18:00 +00002015-02-20T08:20:38.071-05:00DOWN WIND - Wind Turbine documentary (part one)http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/down-wind-wind-turbine-documentary-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2222165958031985757Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:31:00 +00002015-02-16T11:31:28.983-05:00Hawaii Wind Farm, Failing, for Sale
An SEC filing required as a condition of the potential sale of windfarms from Hawaii’s largest wind farm developer, First Wind, to TerraForm Power, Inc., have revealed a number of difficulties the subsidized windfarm has faced in meeting its terms of operation with regard to generating and delivering reliable power to the grid.
As reported in the Hawaii Free Presss (Feb. 8), the SEC filing http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/hawaii-wind-farm-failing-for-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-7165355796870771769Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:58:00 +00002015-02-13T16:58:02.695-05:00Peer-reviewed literature supports anti-wind sentiment
In a recent WBOC newscast, Paul Harris, development manager for Pioneer Green’s Somerset County wind farm project, said there are “more than 20 peer-reviewed scientific studies that dispel health concerns related to turbines.”
I asked Harris to provide a list of these publications, which he did. Upon inspection, however, the list included only seven peer-reviewed literature reviews, none of http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/peer-reviewed-literature-supports-anti.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-7390522415180502525Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:18:00 +00002015-02-07T17:18:18.182-05:00SunEdison gets $410 million loan for First Wind acquisitionSunEdison, the Maryland Heights-based solar developer, has received a $410 million loan from Deutsche Bank to help pay for its $2.4 billion acquisition of First Wind, a U.S. developer, owner and operator of wind projects.
The loan carries a 3.75 percent interest rate and matures in January 2020.
The loan will be paired with financing SunEdison secured earlier this month.
The
http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/sunedison-gets-410-million-loan-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-7335096866189982460Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:15:00 +00002015-02-07T17:15:50.440-05:00SunEdison Appoints EVP of North America UtilitySunEdison has appointed Paul Gaynor as Executive Vice President of SunEdison, responsible for the North America Utility and Global Wind business unit.
Paul Gaynor was previously the Chief Executive Officer of First Wind Holdings, LLC, which SunEdison acquired earlier this year. As the leader of the North America Utility and Global Wind business, Mr. Gaynor is charged with reinforcing SunEdison's http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/sunedison-appoints-evp-of-north-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-6005230890006915241Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:57:00 +00002015-01-21T16:57:38.154-05:00Baron Winds Wind Project, Steuben County, NY
http://everpower.com/baron-winds-wind-project-steuben-county-ny/
Up to 300 MW
Up to 150 wind turbines
Approximately 320,000 tons of offset CO2 each year
The Baron Winds Wind project is a proposed 300 MW wind farm located in the Towns of Hornellsville, Hartsville, Fremont, Wayland, and Cohocton and in Steuben County, NY. The project will be located on primarily farmland and recreational http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/01/baron-winds-wind-project-steuben-county.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-3422941824833285045Sun, 18 Jan 2015 07:48:00 +00002015-01-18T02:48:09.071-05:00FIRST WIND - TerraForm Power Announces Public Offering of Common Stock
In the event the First Wind acquisition is not completed, TerraForm Power intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes.
http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/01/14/697481/10115580/en...
Select SEC filings:
Prospectus dated 1/9/15
and
Amendment No.1 to Form S-1 filed 1/14/15
Source
http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/01/first-wind-terraform-power-announces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-757305946463746823Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:30:00 +00002015-01-08T07:30:54.595-05:00First Wind Secures Energy Sales Agreements with Idaho Power Companyhttp://www.altenergymag.com/news/2015/01/07/first-wind-secures-energy-sales-agreements-with-idaho-power-company/35769
Boston, MA and Boise, ID – January 5, 2015 – First Wind, a leading
renewable energy company, today confirmed that the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission has approved Energy Sale Agreements with five
proposed First Wind solar projects and the Idaho Power Company. The
contractshttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/01/first-wind-secures-energy-sales.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-163795374221726367Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:11:00 +00002015-01-07T17:11:34.758-05:00Cape Wind Dealt Setback As 2 Utilities End Power ContractsTwo major utilities on Tuesday evening terminated their contracts to
buy power from Cape Wind, the long-debated proposed wind farm in
Nantucket Sound, saying project managers had missed a crucial deadline.
National Grid and NStar, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, say
Cape Wind missed the Dec. 31, 2014, deadline contained in the contracts
to obtain financing and begin construction, andhttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/01/cape-wind-dealt-setback-as-2-utilities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-8064857868493294276Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:42:00 +00002015-01-03T14:43:01.920-05:00Congresswoman Chellie Pingree: Tax Breaks Critical for Wind Energy
That’s critical tax credits for things like wind energy developers and people in our state who just need to know what their investments in the future are going to look like," Pingree says, "and this uncertainty is just bad for the business."
Pingree says tax policy should be established for at least several years to allow businesses and individuals to plan.
http://news.mpbn.net/post/http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2015/01/congresswoman-chellie-pingree-tax.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-5915320954244585470Sat, 13 Dec 2014 09:35:00 +00002014-12-13T04:35:23.106-05:00Citizens' plea: End the wind PTC
The fight is on, again, over which tax credits will make the cut in this latest round of extender bills. The House of Representatives just passed HR 5771 which revives dozens of lapsed tax credits totaling $42 billion, including the controversial wind production tax credit (PTC) that expired last year. If approved by the Senate, HR 5771 will reinstate the 22-year old 'temporary' subsidy http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/12/citizens-plea-end-wind-ptc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-8465404827793735162Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:48:00 +00002014-12-11T15:48:25.809-05:00First Wind Selling Majority Stake in Two Wind Farms to JPMorgan
First Wind Holdings Inc., the renewable-energy developer being acquired by SunEdison Inc. (SUNE), agreed to sell a majority stake in two wind farms to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Asset Management is buying into the 105-megawatt Palouse wind farm in Washington and the 150-megawatt Route 66 project in Texas, Boston-based First Wind said today in a statement. The size of the stakes and the http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/12/first-wind-selling-majority-stake-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-1191883946558529007Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:37:00 +00002014-12-10T07:38:46.331-05:00Sun Edison Buying First Wind Scam
Most people
know very little about the true economics in the solar and wind industry. Even
less understand the cryptic disclosures in an SEC filing of reports from FERC.
Yet the financial inventors are brilliant in concealing the simple business
model that is supposed to generate earning from real economic activity. Let’s be
generous and report on the public relations announcement, 5
http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/12/sun-edison-buying-first-wind-scam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-8175235314219549800Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:12:00 +00002014-12-03T12:12:53.315-05:00Even the Loony Left understands that the PTC extenders is a bad deal . . .I just told the Senate Democrats to not cut any tax cuts that help big businesses, hurt working families, and expand the deficit paving the way for more devastating cuts.
I think you should too!
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/tax_deal?referring_akid=a168850851.6462683.aoPsS4&source=conf_email
http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/12/even-loony-left-understands-that-ptc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-5143107110247908043Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:03:00 +00002014-12-03T12:03:22.274-05:00Help knock the wind out of lobbyists. Tell Congress to #EndWindWelfare
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“Help knock the wind out of lobbyists. Tell Congress to #EndWindWelfare http://bit.ly/11yXQNk pic.twitter.com/HW9AKwV7Un http://thndr.it/1zARubo”
It's that time of year again. Now that our Congressmen think they're safe from electoral consequences, wind industry lobbyists are aggressively pushing to revive their http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/12/help-knock-wind-out-of-lobbyists-tell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2079366148086664791Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:00:00 +00002014-11-20T08:03:56.743-05:00BATR RealPolitik Newsletter - Another Green Energy Fraud - November 20, 2014Read the Newsletterhttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/11/batr-realpolitik-newsletter-another.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-8264452696651840693Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:51:00 +00002014-11-18T01:51:38.294-05:00SunEdison, TerraForm to Acquire First Wind for $2.4 Billion
SunEdison Inc. (SUNE) and its power-plant holding company, TerraForm Power Inc. (TERP), agreed to buy closely held First Wind Holdings Inc. for $2.4 billion, expanding the types of renewable-energy projects it can develop.
The acquisition will give Maryland Heights, Missouri-based SunEdison a foothold in the U.S. wind market, the company said in a statement today. SunEdison now expects to http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/11/sunedison-terraform-to-acquire-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-1250723237193265524Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:18:00 +00002014-11-18T01:18:55.892-05:00SunEdison, TerraForm to buy First Wind for $2.4 billion
Solar company SunEdison Inc. and unit TerraForm Power Inc. said they would buy First Wind for $2.4 billion to enter the U.S. wind power market.
SunEdison’s shares rose 6.6 percent to $17.70, while TerraForm shares rose 1.2 percent to $26.15 in after-market trading.
The deal comprises $1.9 billion in upfront payment and $510 million in earn-outs, the companies said.
Boston-based First Wind is http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/11/sunedison-terraform-to-buy-first-wind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-9050328722438311996Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:14:00 +00002014-11-13T11:14:05.739-05:00Negative health impact of noise from industrial wind turbines: The evidence
Source
Today’s post, the second of three installments, reviews the major research findings linking low-frequency noise and infrasound from industrial wind turbines with effects on health and quality of life.[1]
By Jerry Punch, PhD, and Richard James, INCE, BME
Evidence that industrial wind turbines (IWTs) negatively impact human health is vast and growing. Although that evidence http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/11/negative-health-impact-of-noise-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-3224562351576892002Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:37:00 +00002014-09-11T06:37:16.917-04:00Allegany wind project officially dead
Close to eight years of legal battles, community upsets and neighbors bickering with neighbors over a proposed 29-turbine wind project in the town of Allegany came to an end Tuesday.
The final nail in the coffin of the proposed EverPower Wind LLC project in the Chipmonk and Knapp Creek areas was hammered when the Allegany Town Board unanimously voted to rescind the wind overlay district.
“It’shttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/09/allegany-wind-project-officially-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-962573917581341080Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:40:00 +00002014-09-05T04:37:49.337-04:00COHOCTON TOWN CLERK ACCUSED OF STEALING OVER $36,000 FROM TOWN HALL
September 4, 2014
STEUBEN COUNTY, NY - Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has announced the arrest of Cohocton Town Clerk Sandra Riley.
Riley was charged with grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony, and official misconduct, a class A misdemeanor, after an audit and investigation by DiNapoli’s office uncovered the misappropriation of more than $36,000 in public funds.
Officials with the http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/09/cohocton-town-clerk-accused-of-stealing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2344621515756927398Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:32:00 +00002014-08-29T12:32:02.122-04:00Big Wind’s Last Gasp?
Wind energy development in the United States has slumped.
Despite record installations in 2012, and eking out a 1-year, $12 billion extension of the wind production tax credit (PTC), new wind capacity last year fell to just 1,087 megawatts, a level not seen in more than a decade. Development in 2014 is showing signs of improvement but the year may not fare much better.
The industry blames http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2014/08/big-winds-last-gasp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BATR)0